Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund (B.Sc. Agriculture - Final Year Student)

What is the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund?

The Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund is an endowment scholarship offered by G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) at Pantnagar, in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. The fund provides financial assistance of about Rs 25,000 per year to a meritorious and financially needy student who is in the final year of the B.Sc. Agriculture programme.

GBPUAT, established in 1960, is India's first agricultural university and is a Uttarakhand state government institution. Like many established universities, it administers a number of named endowment funds created in memory of, or in honour of, individuals. The Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund is one such endowment, and its purpose is specific: to help a deserving final-year Agriculture student who has strong academics but limited financial means, so that money is not a barrier to completing the degree.

Because it is an endowment, the scholarship is funded from the returns on a dedicated corpus rather than from a fresh annual government allocation. The university invites and screens applications and disburses the award to the selected student.

Who is eligible for the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund?

You can apply if:

• You are a bona fide final-year B.Sc. Agriculture student at GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
• You have a good academic record, the fund is for meritorious students.
• You are financially needy. The fund specifically targets students who need financial support.

You cannot apply / are not eligible if:

• You are studying at a different university or college: only GBPUAT students qualify.
• You are in a different degree or an earlier year of B.Sc. Agriculture, as the award is tied to the final year.
• You do not meet the need criterion, a well-off student, even if meritorious, is not the intended beneficiary of this particular fund.

Only a small number of students; often a single student per year, receive this particular award, because it is a narrowly targeted endowment rather than a mass-scale scholarship.

How to apply for the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund

The award is handled internally by the university, and the standard route for GBPUAT endowment scholarships is an offline, plain-paper application:

1. Watch for the university notice inviting applications for endowment scholarships, usually issued each academic year by the Dean or Students' Welfare office.
2. Write a plain-paper application addressed to the concerned office, stating that you are applying for the Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund.
3. Attach your documents — proof of final-year B.Sc. Agriculture enrolment, academic marksheets showing merit, and evidence of financial need such as a family income certificate.
4. Submit within the deadline given in the notice, to the office named in it.
5. Await selection, the university screens applicants on merit and need and disburses the award to the chosen student.

Since exact steps and deadlines are set by GBPUAT each year, confirm the current procedure with your college office or the Students' Welfare section.

What documents are required?

How much does the fund provide and when?

The Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund provides financial assistance of about Rs 25,000 per year to the selected final-year B.Sc. Agriculture student. As an endowment award, it is generally disbursed by the university once selection is complete for the year. The precise amount can vary with the fund's corpus and university decisions, so students should confirm the current figure when applying.

Common reasons an application may be rejected

• The applicant is not in the final year of B.Sc. Agriculture.
• Merit is not strong enough relative to other applicants.
• Financial need is not documented, so the "needy" condition cannot be verified.
• The application missed the deadline or was incomplete.

Fixing these is straightforward: apply in the correct year, attach clear marksheets and a genuine income/need document, and submit before the notified last date.

How does this fund compare with other GBPUAT support?

The Dr. A.N. Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund sits within a wider set of need-and-merit support that GBPUAT runs through its Dean, Student Welfare office. The university awards yearly merit scholarships of roughly Rs 8,000 to Rs 15,000, tuition-fee freeships and sports scholarships, and its alumni body runs the 4A Asha Kiran Scholarship, which pays a monthly stipend to resource-stressed but meritorious undergraduates and screens applicants on a score chart that weighs family income (a benchmark of around Rs 3 lakh a year) against academic merit. The Mukhopadhyay Needy Student Fund follows the same twin test: merit plus genuine financial need, but is narrower: it is tied to the final year of B.Sc. Agriculture and generally goes to a single student a year.

For a student, the practical implication is that this fund is worth applying for alongside, not instead of, the university's other need-based support. Documenting financial need well, a current family income certificate and any supporting evidence, matters as much as marksheets here, because the "needy" condition is what sets this endowment apart from a pure merit award.

How to check your application status

Because this endowment has no online portal, a student tracks the outcome through the university office rather than a website:

1. Confirm your plain-paper application was received by the Dean, Student Welfare office when you submit it, and keep the acknowledgement.
2. Follow up with the same office after the notice deadline to learn when awards for the year will be decided.
3. Watch the college and university notices for the list of endowment-award recipients for the academic year.

If a student believes the application was not considered or the decision was unfair, the route is a written representation to the Dean, Student Welfare, and, failing that, a Right to Information (RTI) application to the university's Public Information Officer. There is no state DBT tracker or helpline for this internal award.

Key facts and where to get help

• Awarding institution: G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
• Benefit: about Rs 25,000 per year to one meritorious, needy final-year B.Sc. Agriculture student.
• Mode: offline, plain-paper application when invited.
• Portal: gbpuat.ac.in

For help, students should approach the Dean / Students' Welfare office of GBPUAT or their own college office at Pantnagar, which handles both the application and any complaint about it. This is an internal university endowment, so there is no separate state helpline or DBT tracker for it.

Note on verification: the roughly Rs 25,000 per year figure and the final-year B.Sc. Agriculture eligibility are drawn from the scheme reference and university scholarship listings. The precise current amount, number of awards and exact application window should be confirmed directly with GBPUAT, as endowment terms can change year to year.